Web Directory

» 1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast
   WAV files of the famous Orson Welles narrating The Mercury Theatre On-The-Air radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
   http://www.earthstation1.com/wotw.html

» April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes
   National Geographic News has compiled a listing of some of the greatest hoaxes in history.
   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html

» Art and UFO
   A study about the alleged UFOs in Renaissance paintings. The "strange flying objects" someone find in ancient art are only sacred art symbols, not UFOs.
   http://www.sprezzatura.it/Arte/Arte_UFO.htm

» Bibliography of Hoaxes
   Bibliography of books about hoaxes.
   http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/hoaxbib.htm

» Camel Spiders Myth
   Pictures and information provide facts to debunk wild internet rumors about this spider.
   http://www.camelspiders.net

» Cassiopaea
   Bogdanovs affaire: Or, Has Physics been bitten by reverse Alan Sokal hoax? Discussion and correspondence.
   http://www.cassiopaea.org/cass/bogdanovs.htm

» Cliff Pickover's Internet Encyclopedia of Hoaxes
   Discusses a number of scientific and medical hoaxes, including Mary Toft and the Rabbit Babies (about which he authored a book). Includes links and images.
   http://www.pickover.com/hoax.html

» Cottingley Fairies Hoax
   The story and photos of the nonexistent Cottingley fairies.
   http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk/fairies.htm

» History Buff : "Hoaxes in Journalism" Articles
   Offers six articles on hoaxes, including petrification hoaxes and the day they almost sawed off Manhattan.
   http://www.historybuff.com/library/refhoaxes.html

» MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery
   The MIT Gallery of Hacks (Interesting Hacks To Fascinate People). Hoaxes and pranks perpetrated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
   http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks

» Mothman Death List
   Loren Coleman links certain dates, disasters and deaths from 1966 to the present time to the Mothman Curse. Also provides information on cryptozoology and discusses some unknown creatures encountered around the world.
   http://www.lorencoleman.com/mothman_death_list.html

» Museum of Hoaxes
   Extensive collection of history's most famous hoaxes and April Fool's pranks. Listed by date and category. Includes bibliographic references.
   http://www.museumofhoaxes.com

» Piltdown Man
   Piltdown man was one of the most famous hoaxes in science. Covers the history of the hoax, its reception by the paleontological community, how the hoax was executed, its exposure, myths and misconceptions, and theories about the perpetrator.
   http://home.tiac.net/~cri_a/piltdown/piltdown.html

» Piltdown Plot
   Explores one of the most famous scientific hoaxes in history.
   http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/pp_map.html

» SCIgen - An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator
   SCIgen is a program that generates random computer science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations. It uses a hand-written context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers. Generated papers are meant for amusement.
   http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/

» Skeptic's Dictionary: Frauds and Hoaxes
   Discussion of 22 hoaxes, including Cardiff Giant, crop circles, and the Philadelphia Experiment
   http://skepdic.com/tifraud.html

» Spud Server
   The potato powered web server hoax that fooled USA Today and the BBC.
   http://totl.net/Spud

» The Hoax Files
   Assorted collection of hoaxes, including sports hoaxes and art forgeries
   http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hoax1.html

» The Jackalope Conspiracy
   Hoax site contains user submitted sightings, doctored images, and related humour.
   http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

» Tracking the White Salamander
   Online Book telling the story of Mark Hoffman who forged Mormon documents and was convicted of murder
   http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/trackingcontents.htm